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Re: Do Windows and Mac Users Read Blogs Differently?

Lovely Rose Quintos — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:31:53 -0000

Based on your statistics,the two topic or keyword were the top visited sites everyday.Random sites that talks about windows and mac.I think people are always excited for the updates regarding windows and mac.

Re: Do Windows and Mac Users Read Blogs Differently?

Jamie Lin — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:43:16 -0000

Right. That was TTM number. 45% sounds more like it. Go Geeks!

Re: Do Windows and Mac Users Read Blogs Differently?

fredwilson — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:18:18 -0000

No, my daily RSS reach is about 4k and my daily blog reach is about 5-6k so somewhere between 40pcnt and 45pcnt of my readers are via RSS

Re: Do Windows and Mac Users Read Blogs Differently?

Jamie Lin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:24:26 -0000

Ah! So only 15% of leading edge geeks read AVC with RSS readers? No wonder the technology's future isn't looking up.

Re: Do Windows and Mac Users Read Blogs Differently?

Stephen Purpura — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:31:13 -0000

Excluding the obvious that you have (in aggregate) more of something, it's tough to draw any conclusions about individual traits of people that also happen to be reading your blog from this information. If you want suggestions about how to better understand the microdemographics, send me email.

Re: Do Windows and Mac Users Read Blogs Differently?

billc124 — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:30:12 -0000

I find that to be totally opposite in my group. My friends that own Macs got them because it was too hard for them to figure out how to do stuff in Windows so they got something easier to use. They are not computer savvy at all and they like the Mac because they can figure things out easier. I know, because my tech support help calls from them went from once or twice a week to not at all. I guess it depends on the circles you run in.

Re: Do Windows and Mac Users Read Blogs Differently?

paramendra — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:40:04 -0000

I think most of your readers are techie types. You don't get too much general readership. That explains, I think.

Re: Do Windows and Mac Users Read Blogs Differently?

fredwilson — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:40:46 -0000

I think its that geeks prefer macs and they also are interested in the stuff I write about

Re: Do Windows and Mac Users Read Blogs Differently?

fredwilson — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:40:36 -0000

Of course there are. But as a percentage of each user base, I think mac users trend more savvy and windows users

Re: Do Windows and Mac Users Read Blogs Differently?

tokerud — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:35:28 -0000

I think it is the other way around. The forward-looking computer professionals and enthusiasts use Macs. Has been true for a long time but now the Mac has a higher market share and runs Windows so that effect is magnified. Why? Partly because if you care a lot about computing and internet, you want the best tools available.

Re: Do Windows and Mac Users Read Blogs Differently?

billc124 — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:47:51 -0000

I disagree with this. I am very internet savvy and use Windows everyday both at home and work. I own a Mac, but it is part of my home theater system and not used for anything but A/V content. I work in the IT industry at a help desk company and all our stuff is Windows based. I have used Ubuntu and countless other flavors of Linux and talk about frustrating, I just don't care to invest the time to get all my devices, etc working under Linux, it just isn't worth the hassle.There are tons of internet savvy Windows users, trust me.

Re: Do Windows and Mac Users Read Blogs Differently?

Perry — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:39:37 -0000

You wouldn't be surprised by this because you've been at this so long, but I'm surprised at the total ratio of Macs to Windows. If the total ratio of Macs to PC's is roughly 1/20 +/-, Mac users would seem to be much more curious about topics related to VC stuff.

Re: Do Windows and Mac Users Read Blogs Differently?

fredwilson — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:57:20 -0000

I think you are right about barnes and noble ;)

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fredwilson — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:49:18 -0000

I can do that but didn't

Re: Do Windows and Mac Users Read Blogs Differently?

fredwilson — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:49:16 -0000

I believe it

Re: Do Windows and Mac Users Read Blogs Differently?

fredwilson — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:49:14 -0000

A good one

Re: Do Windows and Mac Users Read Blogs Differently?

fredwilson — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:49:12 -0000

Search is broken out

Re: Do Windows and Mac Users Read Blogs Differently?

fredwilson — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:49:11 -0000

I have that setup actually and my habits are roughly the same on both machines

Re: Do Windows and Mac Users Read Blogs Differently?

fredwilson — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:49:10 -0000

The 4k is my daily reach in RSS readers, not the web. Feedburner provides that stat

Re: Do Windows and Mac Users Read Blogs Differently?

Phil H — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:39:46 -0000

News just in: People outside Barnes & Noble are more stupid than people inside!

The above is as true as your statement. Don't say 'Windows users this' or 'Mac users that'. Generalisations are pointless when you are looking at a statistical sample. Instead: 'a greater proportion of Mac users are early adopters'. It may well be that the majority of early adopters are Windows users, but you aren't looking at it that way, and you could easily mislead.

You ask if twitter's users are more Mac than Windows, but 23.5k is via Mac+twitter, and 24.4k is PC+twitter. So, yes they are more even than usual, but twitter is probably still a majority PC crowd.

Sorry to be a stats Nazi, greatly enjoying the blog.

One thing that could be interesting to see is what proportion of readers read at work (as I'm doing) or at home. The vast majority of business machines are PCs, so you may find that you have an even higher proportion of Macheads than you think, just that they prefer to read at work. Me? I'm a Linux, but work machines are all Windows.

Re: Do Windows and Mac Users Read Blogs Differently?

Henry Yates — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:51:01 -0000

agree - I do the same from netvibes from my mac

Re: Do Windows and Mac Users Read Blogs Differently?

RichardF — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:19:55 -0000

Jan, that is a great point about making sure things work on a Mac/Safari from an early adopter perspective.

Re: Do Windows and Mac Users Read Blogs Differently?

stuffaboutlife — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:48:02 -0000

I have also noticed that the Mac user market tends to be an 'early adopter' market for many things. There are also quite a few very well done Twitter clients for Mac OS X that have spilled over to the iPhone.

Did you happen to get stats for other operating systems as well? I'm wondering where the Linux visits were coming from, if there were any.

Re: Do Windows and Mac Users Read Blogs Differently?

abarkett — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:14:14 -0000

Re: the assertion that "Mac users are more likely to jump on new services like Twitter and FriendFeed more quickly than Windows users."

This is probably true, but it may have nothing to do with the Mac platform, or even really with the type of people. Mac people may be quicker to jump onto ANY trend. That wouldn't surprise me at all, because they tend to be younger and more image conscious. The really interesting question would be, "Do Mac users tend to jump on trendy things like Twitter MORE quickly than they generally jump on everything?" For example, I bet Mac users jumped on the iPhone bandwagon WAY faster than they did onto the twitter bandwagon. That difference (difference in adoption rate of iPhone vs. twitter BY mac-heads) is actually the more interesting thing to look at.

Re: Do Windows and Mac Users Read Blogs Differently?

Jens — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:09:19 -0000

If twice as many Mac users use a new app as PC users do, even among an early adopter audience, does this mean that developers of new apps should be targeting Macs first?

Does it cost 50% to acquire a Mac user compared to a PC user?